Maria Shriver revealed plans yesterday to return to network news after a nine-year
break. Shriver, 57, will become a special anchorwoman for NBC News, focusing on “examining the
profound impact that women’s rising influence and leadership have had on all aspects of American
culture and society,” she said.

In a statement, Shriver — who left her reporting job at NBC News in 2004 after husband
Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California — added that she realized
that the time was right to rejoin the network.

“So today I’m going forward. And I feel blessed to be doing so with faith — faith in television,
faith in the news business and faith in myself.”